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Josef Krebs  |  Sep 11, 2012  |  0 comments

Snow White and the Huntsman

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Snow White - at least in terms of this Blu-ray disc. The film itself is sometimes exciting and engaging, sometimes draggy, but where sound and vision is concerned, it's reference quality.

Mark Smotroff  |  Sep 11, 2012  |  0 comments

Magical Mystery Cure

The really big news from overseas is that - FINALLY - The Beatles' legendary Magical Mystery Tour film extravaganza is being reissued with a proper remastering and a deluxe box set treatment.

Mark Smotroff  |  Sep 06, 2012  |  0 comments

It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got a Stream

Josef Krebs  |  Sep 04, 2012  |  1 comments

Person of Interest: The Complete First Season

Reclusive billionaire scientist Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) has built a machine. It processes information from an omnipresent surveillance network he's created for the government - and is able, based on that info, to predict terrorist events.

Michael Berk  |  Sep 04, 2012  |  0 comments

Animal Collective Centipede HZ

New Release (Domino)

Michael Berk  |  Aug 31, 2012  |  0 comments

Following on last month's release of six Blue Note/EMI jazz classics in brand-new high-resolution versions by HDtracks, the label, this week sees the release (again in fresh remasters, by Alan Yoshida and Robin Lynn, from the original analog tapes) a couple of gems recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1

Josef Krebs  |  Aug 28, 2012  |  0 comments

Boardwalk Empire: Season 2

"After you get what you want you don't want what you wanted at all." A great sense of loss runs throughout Boardwalk Empire, the Terence Winter-created, Martin Scorsese-executive produced gangster series set in Atlantic City of the Roaring Twenties.

Michael Berk  |  Aug 28, 2012  |  0 comments

Remake/Remodel

Roxy Music The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982
Reissue (Virgin)

Josef Krebs  |  Aug 14, 2012  |  0 comments

Jaws

The arrival of a giant man-eating great white shark on the shores of a New England beach resort in 1975 and its cruise out of the universal unconsciousness and through the international zeitgeist from was a historical and game-changing event.

Mark Smotroff  |  Aug 14, 2012  |  0 comments

Kinks at the Beeb

Its been a great few years for us Kink Kroniklers. Ray Davies, of course, just played "Waterloo Sunset" to the packed house at the 2012 Olympics' closing ceremony.

Josef Krebs  |  Aug 07, 2012  |  0 comments

Rio Grande and Johnny Guitar

This week Olive Films are releasing these two classic westerns from the early 1950s. Rio Grande (1950) is part of what is known as John Ford’s cavalry trilogy — along with Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) — based on stories by James Warner Bellah.

Mark Smotroff  |  Aug 07, 2012  |  0 comments

Mike Kennealy
Wing Beat Fantastic

New Release (Exowax)

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